Realising his dream of donning the black robe while in prison, AG Perarivalan, a life convict set free by the Supreme Court in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, is now an advocate.
The judges wondered as to why the prison authorities were refusing to grant the permission when the state has taken a stand to release all the seven convicts in the case.
Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on this day in 1991 during an election campaign in Sriperumbudur village of Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu.
Nalini, who is lodged in the Special Prison for Women in Vellore for the last over 27 years, has sent a letter to PM Modi and Madras HC Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi demanding mercy killing
He was released from Vellore Central prison as he had applied for parole to meet his ailing father and also to attend a family wedding.
On July 25, Nalini Sriharan was released on month-long ordinary parole from Vellore Central Prison in Tamil Nadu to make arrangements for her daughter’s wedding.
Last week, the Madras High Court had dismissed a petition filed by Nalini Sriharan seeking a direction to the Tamil Nadu Governor for her premature release.
India had banned the LTTE after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.
"The case has been decided by various forum of judiciary and executive and the prisoners do not deserve to be set free," said the Centre in its report.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the CBI’s response to a plea seeking the recall of its 1999 judgement upholding…
